LIC gets new park with a mini High Line

The five-acre park includes a section of repurposed railroad tracks.

The QueensWay might be getting all the press these days, but it looks like Queens already has its own High Line. Long Island City just got a five-acre park running along its waterfront, and a significant section of it is apparently made up along repurposed railroad tracks.

The park also includes basketball courts, a dog run, jogging and bike lines, a playground and an athletic area, and runs along a new middle-income housing development in the Hunters Point South section of the neighborhood.

The development is still under construction, but should be bringing 5,000 predominantly middle-income housing units to the area, along with a new school and ample retail space, when it opens next year.